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Spanish PM’s former right-hand man jailed for 24 years for corruption

The Guardian · Jun 22, 2026, 3:51 PM · Also reported by 2 other sources

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José Luis Ábalos found to have taken bribes on Covid-era public contracts in damaging blow to Pedro Sánchez Spain’s supreme court has jailed the former transport minister José Luis Ábalos for 24 years for taking bribes on public contracts for sanitary equipment such as ‌face masks during the Covid p

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